The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-12-22
BLAIR BILL.
The Senate Agrees to Its Consid-
eraJions by q Fair
Majority.
Allison's Custom Aonse Bill-Mat-
ters and Things at the
Federal Capitol.
FIFTIErH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, December %. Messages from the
president we're presented, with communications
from the secretary of state, in reference the in
Vltatl0n TO his go'ernm mt tO app int delegates
the internatio al exposition of ahor to he held in
B3rcelo q, Spain, In pril, 1888, and com ending
the secretar g suggestion tu the fav rabe CON
sideratiIn OF congress, and in reference the in
Nliatlon from her Is ltHnuic II hlesty To this gov.
er IN mt to participate in the internati1 1nal rxpOs
tiOn, to b. heidi NJ ID ur e In 1888, 70 celebrate
the ceAtennary ot The founding Of New South
Walts The first Austria ian col my. The messages
r referred to tn committee on foreign relations
Numerous ne itions fr IN vari' us at. tes were
presented in favor of Blairs educational hill and
also pet u from citzens o Pennsylvania, pro-
testing against tie admlssJ of Utah g stirl.
Sen8ior = isnn, from the committee on finance,
reported bill TO regulate the importation Of
foreign mo chandise, aud to secure uniformity in
the c'nsshcati n thereof. and other Dur osrs (the
nnder.valuatinu bil) lie said 1t was an origi al
bill, which affected m~,erially the laws in refer
once to i'm orts. The br was placed on the
calendar
Senator D4vis, from.the committee on pensions,
reported a bill to place the name of Mrs. Logan,
widow ni ten. ohn A. Logan, ON the pension
roll, at the rate of 1900 yesr, and asked for its
immediate cNnsiderali n.
Senator Be- ry objected, and the bill was placed
on the lpndar.
Senator Edmunds asked that the postal telegraph
bill, Introduced by hlm, be 'aken from the table
and referred To The ust flee committee The
bill was referred, as we'll a, the bill on he same
subject int, duced by Mr.. Culom
resolution, ''ffer by Senator Call yesterday,
to print In the Congressional Record tie EN- ria
of the c0nsu utlOual canon of Uiah, was called by
that gentleman, VIII asked that it be now adUp ID.
Senat Edmunds preferred that th- esointion
he refer ed TO the committee ON territ ries, which
now had juri-uictiOn on the Ell jrct.
Senator all argued IL WAS due o a community
Of 20 600 people, bive is v-ws fairly presented.
He understood les than per cent OF these peOpie g
were guilty of practices, on the sssu nfi"n OF
which Tho objection ot the senator from Vermont
was bas d. lie would nOs read the m. mo ial 10
insure iIs publication In the Record, and 10 show
there was nothing Objectionable IN it.
added, the senator from Vermont knew
there was nuthin In the memo ial dsrespeCtfu to
congress and there was no reason, of right or jus
tice, why the nate shonl REUSE t. receive a
petitioo from 900 American ci izrne.
Senator Edm nds replied to Senator Call with
come asperity.
After siderable discussion Senator Call with
drew his eeignanon as he had attained his object
in reading the U ah memorial himself
Senator Blair then mOved t0 take up his educa-
tional bill. Ag eed tO-yeas q, nays Is.
Without further action the senate proceeded to
executive business for
senator Butler offered +. solution W "a ap.
poiDtm-nt of a select committe of fvd LrlO quire
into the relations of the five ci ilize auv ves of
indians, and whether 1t is esirable and isable
TO give citizenship tn memhere OF the tri
Senator Teller jected to the immediate con-
sderhtion of the resolution, and 1t was ordered to
lie on the table.
A resolution TO authOrlzo the c0mmltee on
Indian traders to continue the inveetigst on, begun
last congress- reported back I'd the resolution was
I'D pted.
After brief executive session the senate ad-
journed.
MOUen.
WASHINGTON, December 20.-Mr Brun1n, OF
Pennsy lvanis, offered preamble and resolution
recitinp ta II l. currently reported that coal oper
stors in the Lehigh region are now importing or
are about IT, import two thousand Belgian miners
under c. ntrart to take the place of miners " on
strike In that section That the riking miners
have used every endeavor to have a
settlement of differences by arbitration,
and tn Il the orators have pOsitiv ly ref sed To
euter l. to srbitr ton, and requesting the prest
dent to notify the officials of tue easury depart
ment of these ia ts, a. urge them to use special
eff fnrts to prev Mt the landing of Belgian miners
and To See that the law against the importation OF
labO under contract is strictly enforce, Referred
| t. the committee on labor.
Mr. Milla 4 Texas, M we'd djournmeut, stating
ne did so IL OF enable the com mitee on ru et
| to meet and decide upon report, which wouiC
rohaAy he suhmitted tomorrow.
The motion was agreed to- and the house, al
| 12: s, adjourned.